Psalms 129

Psalms 129:1

MAny] Or, Much.

may Israel now say] The church now afflicted, ought to remember, how her condition hath ever been such from the beginning, to be molested most grievously by the wicked: yet in time it hath ever been delivered, Psalms 34:19.

Psalms 129:2

from my youth] From the very first time, that I began to be a people distinguished from others, Jere. 2. 2.

Psalms 129:3

The plowers plowed upon my back] The extream crueltie of the enemies was such, That their bodies might seem to be furrowed thorowout with their stripes, their oppressions were so grievous.

Psalms 129:4

The Lord is righteous] Because God is righteous, he cannot but plague his adversaries, and deliver his, by dissipating the plots of the wicked, 2 Thessal. 1. 6, 7. 2 Peter 2. 9.

Psalms 129:5

Let them all be confounded] When they see their crafty plots disappointed.

turned back] By God.

that hate Zion] That is, the people of God.

Psalms 129:6

as the grasse upon the house tops] He wisheth, That the enemies of God, and of his people, who lift themselves most high, may be suddenly consumed with the heat of Gods wrath, Psalms 37:2. and Psalms 73:19.

Psalms 129:8

Neither do they which go by, say] That is, the wicked shall perish as that grasse; that, to which no man wisheth a blessing.

The blessing of the Lord be upon you] Rth 2:4.